it has to buy essentially government-guaranteed debt. >> or shares of apple, which would also please a lot of people. >> it can't do that. >> i get that. thank you, steve. >>> as we kick off the first day of the fourth quarter, we have deutsche bank's top u.s. equity strategist here on how to best navigate the markets, sitting at session highs right now. joined now by david bianco on post 9. >> thank you. >> you're actually skeptical, which i was surprised by. you have been a noted bear on wall street. but now you see that there could perhaps be headwinds when it comes to third-quarter earnings? >> i've been bullish during darkest hours of this market the past couple of years. the reason i'm cautious, i'mall quarter, we've seen a deterioration in export activity, investment spending and manufacturing activity that has something to do with the fiscal cliff uncertainty. certainly has to do with europe. i think it mostly has to do with the sharp deceleration in chinese construction activity. i don't think we're going to see any sign of a major improvement there until early next year. ri